{"id":2779,"date":"2013-06-20T08:23:52","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T12:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=2779"},"modified":"2013-06-09T18:47:27","modified_gmt":"2013-06-09T22:47:27","slug":"amtraks-springfield-new-haven-shuttle-at-berlin-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtraks-springfield-new-haven-shuttle-at-berlin-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak\u2019s Springfield\u2014New Haven Shuttle at Berlin, Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two Years Ago Today, June 20, 2011.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Amtrak shuttle approaches Berlin. Canon EOS 7D with f2.8 200mm lens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Exactly two years ago, I delivered my brother Sean to the Amtrak station in Berlin, Connecticut. He was on his way back to Philadelphia after a brief visit to Massachusetts. \u00a0Amtrak\u2019s Berlin agent, Bill Sample,\u00a0is always very friendly and helpful, \u00a0so we prefer Berlin over some of the closer stations.<\/p>\n

I made this image of the southward shuttle train using my Canon EOS 7D with f2.8 200mm lens. There\u2019s a lot of history in this simple photo. The train is led by a cab-control-car rebuilt from one of the old Budd-built Metroliner<\/i> multiple units. Today\u2019s single main track doesn\u2019t tell much of a story, but Berlin was once a busy junction.<\/p>\n

While Pan Am Southern\u2019s route toward Plainville and Waterbury diverges here (at the left), this only sees about one round trip per week. Historically there was a diamond crossing here between New Haven Railroad lines. Also, one of New Haven Railroad\u2019s earliest experimental electrified schemes reached Berlin, but I\u2019m not sure if that would have been in this scene or not.<\/p>\n

If all goes according to plan, the double track to Springfield, Massachusetts will someday be restored.<\/p>\n

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